This is the experience of millions of Indians today. The law isn’t denied to them — it’s simply never delivered. India’s judicial system now groans under the weight of over 5 crore pending cases across courts. In subordinate courts, more than 50 per cent of these cases have been pending for over three years. According to government data presented in the Rajya Sabha in 2023, 1,514 cases in High Courts and 1,390 in subordinate and district courts have been pending for over 50 years. The pendency problem isn’t just about bureaucratic inefficiency — it seems to be a constitutional breakdown.